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Presumably the name is transferred from some nearby hollow to the mountain itself. Price has a useful note to this effect, but is unable to determine the hollow in question. There are three valleys in the vicinity: Fraughan Rock Glen to the north-east, the South Prison to the south-east and the North Prison to the north-west. The first two are both forested nowadays. The summit is marked as Percy's Table, named after a local landowner of the 18th century. Cf. Dawson's Table on Galtymore. P.W. Joyce gave the original form as Log na Coilleach, 'hollow of the (grouse) cocks'. However this seems doubtful. It does not show the urú which would be expected. Nor is the name connected with the deity Lug.
Lugnaquilla is the highest mountain in the Dublin/Wicklow area and the 13th highest in Ireland. Lugnaquilla is the highest point in county Wicklow.Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/13/?PHPSESSID=aaa37tl1b6urtfhf1d8hklfjo2

Did the Baravore - Fraughan Rock Glen - Ballineaskea - Lugnaquilla - Benleagh - Fraughan Rock Glen - Baravore circuit today (21/04/2003). There is some nice gentle scrambling at the back of the valley above Fraughan Rock Glen. Visibility at the summit was down to less than 15 metres at times (typical for Lugnaquilla!) so the GPS came in handy until the batteries ran out! It's very easy to be pulled into the artillery range if you're fog-bound and aiming for Benleagh (the slope pulls you that way), so be careful. The area between Lug and Benleagh is quite magical - not a man-made object in sight. We got within 80m upwind of some deer (binoculars made it look like they were right in front of us), before they bounded off to hide in the peat hags. One of the nicest walks in the Wicklow Mountains. Picture shows the summit cairn and trig pillar in the fog (its usual state!) Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/13/comment/440/